TUC warns Fashola, Obi not to create crisis over alleged deportation THE Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has warned the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola and his counterpart in Anambra State, Peter Obi, not to allow the alleged deportation of some Igbo indigenes to generate to another crisis, especially now that the political terrain is volatile. As a responsible organisation interested in peace and the development of the country, the congress expressed concerned by the daily reports in national dailies on the issue. In a statement signed by the President of the TUC, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama and the Secretary-General, Comrade Musa Lawal, the congress also advised that all alleged detention cells in the state be disbanded and detainees released. The statement read: “The reason why we make this case is that all Nigerians, irrespective of states of origin, have the right to live wherever they feel provided they do not break the statutory law of the land. “As it has been the case, there is hardly any part of the world where you do not have people from different tribes, states and countries living together. Migration did not start today and it may never end. To be conservative with the truth, it will not be an overstatement to say that we have foreigners in their millions currently living in the country. “Already, many people are raising eye-brows over the deportation. For them, no matter what Lagos State government calls it, whether integration, relocation, repatriation or deportation, the fact remains that every Nigerian, be it Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa, has the constitutional right to live anywhere in the country.” The congress stated that they weere all Nigerians, whether rich or poor, adding, “it is a known fact that the Igbos, thanks to their enterprising nature, live everywhere in the world and so do Hausas and Yorubas. Lagos, the Centre of Excellence, is no exception.”
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:31:28 +0000
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